The Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) has vowed to clampdown on individuals or group engaging in illegal revenue collections in the state. Executive Chairman, KGIRS, Alh. Salihu Enehe, stated this during a press conference on the agency’s activities on Thursday in Lokoja. He said that the recent...
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), have given the Federal Government a notice of a nationwide strike, effective in 14 days. Their complaint stems from the failure to carry out the 16-point agreement between organized labor (NLC and TUC) and the...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has advised terrorists, bandits and kidnappers to surrender or be killed, warning that there is no third option. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, gave the warning on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), Mallam Mele Kyari, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, have reviewed the decision of the NNPC Ltd. to domicile a significant portion of its...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday performed the groundbreaking of the 3,112 housing-unit Renewed Hope City in Karsana, Abuja. At the event, Tinubu reiterated his administration’s resolve to provide decent and affordable housing for Nigerians. He said that the project was part of a 20,000-housing units to be delivered...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has attributed the stable security in the state to good governance and strategic leadership. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mohammed said this while delivering a lecture titled, “Strategic Leadership: My Political Experience” to participants of the National Defence College (NDC)...
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa has directed NDLEA commanders nationwide to smoke out drug barons still in hiding in their areas of responsibility. Marwa, who gave the directive at a meeting with NDLEA commanders in charge of Zones, States and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has received with deep sadness the news of the death of Obi Joseph Edozien, the Asagba of Asabala. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, condoled with the family, Delta Traditional Rulers’ Council, the government and...
A federal High Court, in Abuja has granted an order permitting a former governorship aspirant of the PDP in Ogun, Mr Segun Sowunmi to serve the National Chairman of the party, Mr Illiya Damagum court processes through substituted means. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon gave the order on Thursday while ruling...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, fixed March 21 for the hearing of motion for committal to prison against Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, the newly appointed Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Justice Bolaji Olajuwon adjourned the matter because counsel for the applicants,...
A former member of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume has mourned a former member of the House of Representatives, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, describing his exit as a monumental loss to Delta State in particular and Nigeria in general. Araraume, who, together with Ojougboh and many other associates,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Justice R.I.B. Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has adjourned till February 27 and 28, 2024 an alleged N754.8 million fraud against a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi and former Executive Director, NIMASA,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has flagged off the construction of 40.2 kilometers road from Geljaule – Lame District in Toro Local Government Area of the State. Speaking at the flag-off of the road at Geljaule village on Wednesday evening, he said...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has unveiled National Agricultural and Land Development Authority (NALDA) Rural Housing Scheme and Empowerment Programme in Dusman area of Jere Loca government council of the state. The governor while appreciating NALDA and federal government for bringing such remarkable...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Methodist Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Right Reverend Ishaya Kunama has advised the federal government to urgently establish a ministry for Religious and Cheiftancy Affairs as a measure towards addressing the numerous challenges bedevilling the country. Bishop Kunama made the call on Thursday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A former Executive Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Cairo Ojougboh, has died. It was gathered that Ojougboh slumped and died in his Abuja office while watching the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-final match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and...
The longest-surviving heart transplant patient, who underwent his operation in England, has been recognised by Guinness World Records. Bert Janssen, 57, from the Netherlands, has survived 39 years with the donor heart he received at Harefield Hospital in London in the 1980s. After developing flu-like symptoms when he...
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday succeeded in rescuing 18 female kidnapped victims from their captors and handed them over to the Katsina State Government. The Brigade Commander, 17 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Katsina, Brig.- Gen. Oluremi Fadairo, said that the soldiers took a rescue operation...
The House of Representative has resolved to probe alleged certificate racketeering by Nigerian students in collusion with some officials of government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa)at plenary in Abuja. Presenting the motion, Fulata, said that the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has commended the Super Eagles of Nigeria for their resounding victory over the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in the semifinals of the African Nations Cup. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, gave the commendation in a statement...